Making a DART from Damascus Steel!

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@brendanroos7102 Год назад

I am once again suggesting that Alec make a multi tool. It would be detailed, challenging, and one of a kind.

@georgeschnakenberg7808 Год назад

Please get him to make a "fine Damascus cutlery set" for cutting turkey with his family.

@andrewhayes9373 Год назад

@@georgeschnakenberg7808 Traditionally us brits have Beef and not Turkey.

@georgeschnakenberg7808 Год назад

@@andrewhayes9373 oooohhh

@georgeschnakenberg7808 Год назад

@@andrewhayes9373 never turkey?

@1337fraggzb00N Год назад

@@georgeschnakenberg7808 beef is the turkey of the Empire.

@travisolander4749 Год назад

Watching a phone charge port being microscopically cleaned while Alec has a tungsten crisis was oddly entertaining.

@TheBobdelicous Год назад

oddly... I was thinking the same thing

@tcp3059 Год назад

Ah yes, the old "One calm person ignoring the chaos in the background" schtick 😂

@iansellers1251 Год назад

What screen save was that

@ThirstysURL Год назад

Pretending he can maintain the crown 🎉

@joshrepik Год назад

He needs to use a toothpick and not bend the contacts lol

@bishipc117 Год назад

If I’m not mistaken, I thought it was the body that was made from tungsten to give it weight and then it was a steel tip to sharpen

@markknapton6713 Год назад

You are correct lol

@TheUnknownRS2 Год назад

@@markknapton6713 Yup

@feelthepayne88 Год назад

This is correct. If I'm not mistaken, brass is heavier than steel by volume so brass would be a better medium performance wise. But Damascus definitely looks cool.

@volatile100 Год назад

@feelthepayne88 it is heavier, but barely. In something as small as a dart it wouldn't make a signifigant difference.

@MaNNeRz91 Год назад

I was going to say I sharpen my darts with that little cup shaped grit stone and he's talking about heating it to 400°c 😂😂😂

@martinscott6881 Год назад

Isn't the barrel normally tungsten, and the tip is steel?

@-joe-davidson Год назад

yes!

@pirukiddingme1908 Год назад

Mostly yes. Never heard of tungsten points myself

@alanmcbride5866 Год назад

Barrels are tungsten points are steel. And the real challenge would be to make 3 near identical weighted darts.

@-joe-davidson Год назад

Exactly.. I was about to post a similar comment.

@crow2967 Год назад

Wouldn’t be that hard. Use the same billet and machine them the same diameters like you would do with anything your making multiple of

@alanmcbride5866 Год назад

Given that a accepted match weight dart set is 0.2grams + or -. I think it would be more of a challenge than just the one dart. And would the damascus steel cause issues with the weight also.

@crow2967 Год назад

@@alanmcbride5866 0.2 grams is nothing when you’re talking about machining. Maybe with Alec’s machining it would be difficult lol. But no, machinists make identical things all the time. the Damascus I would presume if he was to use different steels in his Damascus billets it would weigh different as depending on the steel. Probably not enough weight to notice certainly no where near 0.2 grams

@stick004 Год назад

Where I work, we make aeronautics parts. We have a fighter jet bulkhead that has 2 holes that are over 20’ apart and the distance between those holes must be held within 0.005” inches. Making identical darts would be nothing…

@nathankarwic4521 Год назад

As an old viewer I really liked how the damascus making was filmed and edited. It keeps all the steps there, but leaves the bulk of the video for the new content. Keep it up!

@johnoconnor4941 Год назад

Check this out. Darts were actually taken to court as it was claimed to be a game of chance, which was at the time (1800ish) illegal. A dart player asked the judge which numbers he would like and preceded to hit every request. Da dah.. It was then deigned a game of skill,.legal. True story.

@Nite-owl Год назад

You learn something new every day 😊Though it was 1908. "Historical records show that in the year 1908 a pub owner in the town of Leeds was taken to court for allowing his customers to play darts in his establishment. The argument was that darts is a game of chance, which was illegal at the time."

@manny4148 Год назад

the same was done for pinball, almost bar for bar. outlawed for a game a chance, then the world pinball champion (yes really) hit essentially a perfect shot into the max point hole.

@timm1139 Год назад

...and today we have games of chance & betting available 24-7 on a device we carry in our pockets. Even more strangely, some call this progress.

@Alpha_Dubs Год назад

Now that we know you’re taking suggestions, you should make a Damascus silverware set where you try to make multiple forks knives and spoons that are all identical in shape, but are all also different due to the nature of Damascus.

@zakhenry Год назад

cutlery would need to be made from stainless steel, which would be a very cool damascus to see. not sure if there are sufficiently contrasting stainless steels though?

@tobiastackitt2399 Год назад

That would be amazing to see

@Phil_Cleaver Год назад

The forks should have tungsten tines.

@ForteanEnquirer Год назад

Or you could make them from mokume-gani based on silver

@Tyius420 Год назад

@@ForteanEnquirer would rust unless stainless

@xIDSxGenocide Год назад

Dude you've become so comfortable and efficient in front of the camera. It's been awesome to watch from your first workshop with the dirt floor 😊😊

@BlackHoleForge Год назад

Alec you're supposed to make three darts, they always come in a set😂

@booshmcfadden7638 Год назад

How can he call himself English!?

@nodeio Год назад

High quality darts are usually made from a tungsten/titanium alloy... That provides both the necessary weight in a small volume, as well as pretty much absolute rigidity... The idea is to make the dart as slim as possible without sacrificing weight, steel isn't really a material used for darts... [edit] I still think making a dart could be interesting, but imho, it's more of a question of getting the right alloy, and then it's more of a lathe/machining exercise... Get the shape right, get the weight right, give it some knurling, recessed bands or whatever for grip, while still ending up at an exact weight at the end. There are interesting technical aspects to a project like this, because making a set of darts requires some very exact machining... so there is a lot of meat here to be explored... Just seems to me that using Damascus is an added difficulty, since it's a mix of steel types, so wouldn't there be an issue getting identical weights if you make a set of darts, since inherently Damascus steel isn't all that uniform? ... That said, I'm somewhat speculating here...

@allenpeachy3987 Год назад

Hey Alec, how about a Damascus Shoehorn? A peice with nice size area to display the Damascus and very useful as well. Great dart.

@luckycobble935 Год назад

Do you think you will retry making a Katar Dagger?

@notandrewbayer Год назад

Excited to see the damascus steel car build when it comes out

@Seelenschmiede Год назад

Damascus Delorian?

@timm1139 Год назад

@@Seelenschmiede you'd need 1.21 gigawatts of power to run it.

@telski33 Год назад

You should definitely try making a damascus putter

@Killer14798 Год назад

He has already done that

@telski33 Год назад

@@Killer14798 cool can you let me have a link

@nathantripp9134 Год назад

It's awesome that Jamie got to do some work at the Blast Paris Major, I bet he got some really good footage too! I continue to love the "Build everything" series, it's really enjoyable to watch and learn what all goes into everyday items and tools. Keep it up, cheers!

@bmw61j60 Год назад

Since you seem to be into precision machining lately, you should definitely make a Seiko 5 watch case. Would definitely be a challenge, but I bet you're up to it!

@abdullahkhalil9284 Год назад

Please update us on your house's completeness.

@LeCroynotLacroix Год назад

Im only 4 min in, but the tip of the dart looks dang similar to a tig electrode. I’ve sharpened tig tips with the flat face of a grinder disc… just some thoughts I know it’s a lot more awesome to make your own and that’s kinda the point of the video, but whatever lol

@berringervids Год назад

Tungsten means "Heavy stone", the mineral is furthermore called Volfram in Sweden today. There are many different Tungsten minerals out there. One is Scheelite. The amount of Volfram in the mineral determines if it is Tungsten or not. Very interesting geology!

@Seelenschmiede Год назад

In Germany it is Wolfram

@sudo_nym Год назад

Flights, shaft, barrel and tip I thank you (a dart player)

@ItsBugtronic Год назад

Also, Not Alec making a Damascus body just to put flights from what looks like a childs toy on it. 💀

@dennishillman6205 Год назад

The only thing that would make this better is seeing Alec in action in a pub.

@hayestweed7143 Год назад

You are not a dartist, but you are an artist. Thank you for sharing.

@jowaughtel Год назад

Please make a golf putter. Your choice in design.

@tahoemike5828 Год назад

I think he did one a while back. Try searching the videos page of his channel.

@laumuseka Год назад

I was literally gonna mention the TIG torch but I wanted to wait and see if you’d do it. Nice work!

@NikolaHoward Год назад

The real deal is three of the same weight Alec... One on it's own, pretty useless.

@scaredmalplays6446 Год назад

9:55 is my favorite Alec Steele moment of history.

@scotts7418 Год назад

Fractal vice! Boom technical and would be a great challenge!

@justinbanks2380 Год назад

9:03 "that's what he said" 😂😂😂 Poor chap

@HeisenbergFam Год назад

This man showing off only 0.1% of his power is amazing

@wijibo6772 Год назад

You should make an oversized dart. We could call it the... lawn dart.

@michaelnieman6218 Год назад

Many years ago their were lawn darts but were outlawed because to many people were getting stuck by them including my cousin in went thru his shoe and stuck in his foot

@generalgreen77 Год назад

Oh no you did not only make a single dart!!!! You have done it now, you definitely have to make the matching set of 3

@charlesflakusj.r6344 Год назад

He only made 2/3rds of 1 dart

@RenoFencingMan Год назад

My wife and I have been watching your videos on our anniversary since the day we got married. 6 years and counting. Thank you for all the amazing videos.

@sethstinson1341 Год назад

The metal worker guy trying to cut tungsten is hilarious.

@DLFerg0369 Год назад

I'd like to see a matching set (for two) of forks, knives and spoons. Also, some cool engravings on them. And yes, from Damascus Steel.

@georgeschnakenberg7808 Год назад

Yes please! I'm going through to find all the "cutlery" comments. He could make them really nice and use them with his family forever. Imagine carving your turkey with your family using a $15000 set of Damascus cutlery with gold inlay and jewels.

@josiah228 Год назад

I found a really cool dagger while in Tuscany at the residence of a Duke. It had long thin arms that locked into either side of the blade that sprang out to catch an opponent's sword with a simple push of a button. I found it online called A Spring-Loaded Triple-Bladed Parrying Dagger

@alicecarter9672 Год назад

I like how you just jumped in with little to no intro :)

@AnchorJG Год назад

There's a special kind of excitement when the introduction has the finished product.

@Duane_Grabert Год назад

Looking forward to the ongoing armor series but a dart? Sure. Btw, first!

@ironeagal4342 Год назад

The flight isnt made of paper it's plastic

@candyinthefire Год назад

Metal stuff: exists Alec: “I wonder how that would look in Damascus”

@cwuzii Год назад

Damn, as a viewer that plays darts, I was so excited for this! Shame you did zero research… the barrel is the part that’s tungsten, and not pure tungsten either, usually a percentage, commonly 90%. The point is steel, rarely glued in, usually press fit because the precision is that high it doesn’t need glue. Would’ve liked to see you put more effort into this built, maybe instead of Damascus you could’ve done better grip or some sort of cool knurling, even a razor grip or something even cooler. Also, darts come in threes…

@mattw940 Год назад

use to have dart board on the fence at one end of a field, and throwing from further away each turn, they were soon being thrown base balls and eventually like in grid iron

@travisbrown4187 Год назад

I’ve been watching you for years, longtime subscriber I would love to see you make a multi tool like a Leatherman

@milorichards2511 Год назад

I find it so funny that its now a rare occasion that alec is actually forging

@toddtaillefer4859 Год назад

You should make a amazing Damascus belt buckle knife.

@kevthedev9763 Год назад

this is great! would love to see a scratch built Swiss army knife!

@brockmannwells Год назад

Great video, an idea for the 4th of July (for your American viewers), a set of BBQ utensils. Dying to see a damascus spatula 😂

@omichromium Год назад

it'd be really interesting to see whether Alec could make vernier calipers

@ianoosthoek6341 Год назад

I would love to see you make a slipjoint folding knife! I think that would be a very cool project to see on the channel

@valeriiradchenkov5761 Год назад

The easiest way to sharpen tungsten is by electrolysis Just make a concentrated solution of caustic soda, take a car battery, connect the +wire to the tungsten and put the -wire into the solution. Then if you dip the tungsten in and out of solution for a few minutes and youll get a nice sharp and shiny tungsten needle. Its a lot easier than achieving the same sharpness and finish on a grinder. Tungsten is very hard and brittle but it has a very wierd tendency to crack along crystal boundaries which is the reason for the splitting

@mrbreadman Год назад

Jamie filming for the CS:GO major is not the crossover I was expecting.

@Belnick6666 Год назад

one of the most british things i ever seen hand made dart :o

@robinsoncrusoe1831 Год назад

Great vid as always. A pocket watch could be an awesome project

@ericmorrison278 Год назад

Okay, so hear me out... Salt and Pepper Demascus Grinders. I have always loved cooking and have started getting back into the kitchen as of late. One of the things I really want most are some extremely well built grinders. So, then it clicked! Alec should make some!! What would a Blacksmith's grinders look like? And no, not the bealt grinders! lol

@kinell188 Год назад

Really needed to make 3 matching ones.

@codyh5232 Год назад

We all know you CAN make many things from Damascus but I wonder if you should?... Since I'm on the topic, why not make a Mid tower ATX computer case? Maybe a Damascus hood of your car? Maybe even a set of door hardware (knob, bolt and hinges)... Seriously though, I love the random non knife stuff you make. Keep it up!

@bsmnt23 Год назад

Make a hunga munga; it's an African throwing knife with many interesting designs. Should be a fun make.

@brandonb417 Год назад

I was told in machine shop class the harder the material the slower the speed should be, also, we were always told to use lube wherever we could, made the tools last longer.

@stevedoran3631 Год назад

The barrel is made of tungsten Alex, the points are hardened/tempered steel, the tungsten for weight of course, tungsten itself is not very hard, tough yes, but not hard, it's tungsten carbide that's hard and brittle, you can actually squeeze tungsten in a vice quite easily..... You were running your lathe far too fast for tungsten, your tip needs a smaller rad, the bar was trying to 'climb' over the tip, hence the strange noise a chatter finish.

@ddervish2 Год назад

another fun project but I do miss the multi-part knife/sword builds. Doesn't your dad do a lot of chair making? how about making him a spoon-knife? Draw knife? clog knife? side axe?

@MuhammadRashid123 Год назад

this video style was amazing, Keep it up lads

@SarahGreyWolf Год назад

I appreciate the, Jamie cleans his charging port, footage

@jasondeansmith79 Год назад

Alec I love making knives and I love fishing. I struggle trying to make a fillet knife. Can you do a show making a 10” fillet knife.

@MitchellBrown-bv3zl Год назад

it would be fun to see you make Damascus steel glasses frame

@pricygalaxy185 Год назад

You should experiment with tungsten more

@Siporax1 Год назад

Next up- a damascus pool cue!

@Sqwince23 Год назад

I would have used a tungsten TIG rod. :-)

@Yoshikaable Год назад

I assume you wrote that before you saw him do it too? Either way it's the right move 👍

@Sqwince23 Год назад

@@Yoshikaable Yup.

@imherkhan Год назад

Put the tungsten in your hand drill and run it while u run the tip against a grinder disc or belt. Takes seconds, also you literally have tungsten rod the size you need for a dart point with your tig welder. Same sharpening method is the best for tig tungsten

@stridertwo3744 Год назад

Good way to mess with people with OCD. With the 18 on top with that set up on the dart board at the end.

@PaulWinstanleyPhysio Год назад

Suggestions from the comments you say... Damascus swiss army knife!!!

@KageStelhman Год назад

Little tip for machining tungsten: Always Drag your cut, and use plenty of coolant so as not to dull your cutters too quickly. If you're heating it up before hand, it machines a lot like Hardened Steel.

@paulina76161 Год назад

tools, toola , toola. I adore tools brother. Thank you. got to throw some darts soon.

@MountainGoatSolid Год назад

Should make a Damascus Steel cutlery set now!

@georgeschnakenberg7808 Год назад

I said the exact same thing! I'm blowing up all comments that said the same! He'll use them with his family forever ❤️

@White_devil1980 Год назад

Great to see you forging Damascus again it would be great to see you to be forging more Damascus stuff

@Mountain_Man Год назад

Noice! Alec you should make Damascus handcuffs and matching key. You will have to figure out how to make all the lock mechanisms, chain, all of it

@Sniperwoods Год назад

Mate you need to get a tumbler for polishing. So much hand work you could just set and forget.

@matthewsimmons2246 Год назад

I shall now take this as steele-clad life advice, "Some things are better left a mystery, for the romaaance".

@shiprek900 Год назад

The phone charging port sections really reminded me of my time working in quality control for a phone trade-in company. Had to use sim tray removers to very, very carefully remove lint from sooo many ports because the phone's came back with complaints of the charging port not working. Scraped out the crud, gently brushed it out with a tooth brush, and what do you know? Charger clicks in and the phone starts charging as good as new. Definitely taught me some tricks for cleaning my own electronics better

@thatslogan1 Год назад

Man this is the first time I checked out your website, it’s so easy to navigate and well made. I never knew you sold so much stuff, Christmas and birthdays are going to be easy now.

@AB-Prince Год назад

I'd love to see you make a small 1/4 scale anchor (about 5 inch tall, 4 inch wide)

@jellolon8435 Год назад

Harden the damascus before etch for right amount of contrast

@tissuepaper9962 Год назад

TIG welding electrode was what you wanted for the tip, I think.

@The_Fluid_Druid Год назад

Surely making three functionally identical darts has to be requisite!

@roberthigginbotham114 Год назад

When are you going to do another live show? That’s one thing I used to always love watching you doing your live videos.

@scythesinguialuciferkronos8599 21 день назад

the fletching are always the most difficult for projectiles.

@antonyafif889 Год назад

we need more tungsten machining!

@angelquintero8178 Год назад

Me encantan estos videos aunque no entienda la mayor parte, pero intento aprender😎👍

@bobmarley2467 Год назад

It’d be pretty cool to see Alec forge a deck of Damascus playing cards.

@TimothyHall13 Год назад

Oh Yeah!!! Thanks Alec!!!

@decomposingman Год назад

“It’s so easy when it’s that thin!” 😂😂😂

@JaylenHarris23 Год назад

Can you make looks Damascus cooking tongs? That’d be so cool

@stitchfantommy Год назад

with how much time you spend with your doggos, making some collars would be rad. I have a Kong collar and the buckle is all metal!

@timrr7 Год назад

Well it wouldn’t be an Alec Steele project if he didn’t have to start again at some point. As everyone is saying the barrel is normally tungsten to increase the weight. Old school darts were made from brass and thicker to give the weight. The thinner tungsten darts make it easier to get all three darts in triple 20.

@TeardownToolsNuPcycle Год назад

How about getting a bunch of springs and pressing them into a can with a little 1080 powder. Might make some interesting Damascus.

@errolloewenthal4620 Год назад

Thanks for making my recommendation

@jacktaylor2125 Год назад

you should make a nail puller,phone case,cat claw and a set of nails out of demascus

@weedorockz Год назад

A fine showing, but a dang shame that you made a single dart and not a set of 3. you have more than enough material

@billyflatt Год назад

When are you going to make a Leatherman???

@Woody321 Год назад

Make an Olympic weightlifting bar either entirely in Damascus (if possible) or more likely to work, just both ends in Damascus and then give it to me 😉